Tagged: Hurricane Katrina

By Beth J. Harpaz
See Cuba before it changes. Check out the Expo in Milan. And if you're heading to New York City to see the view from 1 World Trade Center's observatory (scheduled to open late spring), take the subway to Queens and see if you can figure out why it topped Lonely Planet's "best in the U.

NEW ORLEANS -- Chris Paul's All-Star weekend in New Orleans could have been awkward.
Much like LeBron James, Paul left his first NBA team in his prime, disappointing fans in the city where he rose to stardom.

Few who lived through it at the time will forget. For generations too young to remember television’s four-day coverage of the Kennedy assassination and subsequent funeral in November, 1963, though, the fateful events in a nearby and yet faraway country forever changed the way TV covered live-breaking news events over an extended period of time.

CORRECTION: The Red Cross is now saying that this map is in correct:
https://twitter.com/RedCross/status/400019918671736832
Earlier today, we posted a map of Typhoon Haiyan comparing the size of the storm to geography of the United States.

CALGARY -- With a decade of loyal service as a Calgary Stampeder, slotback Nik Lewis is one of the most recognizable professional athletes in town -- especially since Jarome Iginla flocked to the Pittsburgh Penguins in March.

NEW YORK -- Some of the most vulnerable people -- the elderly, the disabled and the chronically ill -- have been pushed to the brink in the powerless, flood-ravaged neighbourhoods struggling to recover from Superstorm Sandy.

NEW YORK -- New York City started rationing gas Friday morning as tempers remained short, lines remained long and panic buying continued more than 10 days after a deadly superstorm stunned the infrastructure of America's largest city.